Ariel Lavery
Producer, In The NoCoAriel Lavery grew up in Louisville, Colorado and has returned to the Front Range after spending over 25 years moving around the country. Ariel graduated Magna Cum Laude with her BFA from the University of Colorado Boulder (2007) and received her MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2013).
She served as the Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Watkins College of Art Design and Film in Nashville until 2018. She left her teaching job to begin her family and quickly found her way into the podcast world. With a grant from PRX, she co-created the podcast Middle of Everywhere for WKMS, Murray State University鈥檚 NPR member station.
Ariel won Public Media Journalism awards in every season she produced for Middle of Everywhere. Her most recent series project is "The Burn Scar", published with The Modern West podcast. In it, she chronicles two years of her family鈥檚 financial and emotional struggle following the loss of her childhood home in the Marshall Fire.
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Workers at the Rocky Flats plant northwest of Denver helped build nuclear weapons during the Cold War. The plant is gone and the land is now a wildlife refuge. A new documentary looks at the controversial history of Rocky Flats, and the memories of its employees. We talk with the director, on today鈥檚 In The NoCo. -
Manipulating the clouds to make it rain or snow might sound like science fiction 鈥� but farmers and ski resorts have used these techniques for years. KUNC water reporter Alex Hager recently asked whether the technology might help the drought-stricken Colorado River Bain. Alex shares what he learned on today鈥檚 In The NoCo. -
Wildfires, hailstorms, and other catastrophic events have caused billions of dollars in damage in Colorado. They鈥檙e also amping up worries that insurance companies might pull out of high-risk areas, leaving homeowners high and dry, without coverage. A state lawmaker discusses a few ideas to prevent that from happening, today on In The NoCo. -
Patients have struggled with more severe eating disorders in recent years. And Colorado, which is a national hub for this treatment, is taking steps that could improve options for people who need help. -
Fort Collins educator Deborah Winking used to worry that her son鈥檚 disability might prevent him from living a full life. But she figured out a plan to help him grow into an independent, successful adult. Her new book explains how she did it 鈥� and offers a roadmap for other parents. -
Brittany Pettersen represents Colorado鈥檚 seventh congressional district in Washington. She鈥檚 about to give birth to her second child 鈥� and because of that, she can鈥檛 be in D.C. to vote on matters that come before Congress. Today on ITN, we hear from Pettersen about why she thinks the rules are unfair to lawmakers who are new parents 鈥� and how she鈥檚 working to change them. -
As the prospect of large-scale immigration action looms, school leaders across Colorado are making plans to help students who will be affected by those actions. And they're getting help from a Nebraska superintendent who saw his own community shaken by an immigration raid two decades ago. He shares the lessons he learned 鈥� and what educators need to do right now 鈥� on today鈥檚 In The NoCo. -
15 million tons of waste saved from going to landfills each year... That鈥檚 how much material a company in Lafeyette has been able save and turn into reusable stuff. The company鈥檚 founder started it all after seeing how much waste his trash company dumped into landfills. -
Colorado writer X. Ho Yen fell remembers loving science fiction as a child. He鈥檚 autistic 鈥� and he liked science fiction that depicted a futuristic society where people like him were treated equally. Now, X. Ho Yen is a published author who just released his third book. -
A pair of unusual concerts in Denver this weekend will blend the traditional harmonies of European Baroque music with lively rhythms and percussion from Latin America. Today on In The NoCo, we learn about the often-overlooked history of Latin American Baroque music 鈥� and why the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado is excited to perform it.
